- 4th
- 1972: Death of Shirley Brifman, an Australian prostitute and brothel madam who was known as a whistleblower on police corruption. She died at the age of 36 in suspicious circumstances, in what was ruled a suicide.
- 12th
- 1975: Birth of Vanessa de Oliveira, a Brazilian writer and former call girl.
- 17th
- 2008: Resignation of the Governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer, following revelations of a prostitution scandal by the New York Times.
- 19th
- 1944: Birth of Molly Luft (nee Edda Blanck), a German prostitute, noted for her obesity and lurid make-up.
- 27th
- 2017: Paying for sex in Ireland became illegal by the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 coming into force.
